Proverbes 27
1 Ne te glorifie pas des choses de demain; car tu ne sais pas ce qu'enfantera le jour qui va venir.
Do not boast about [what you will do] tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.
2 Que ton prochain te loue, et non ta bouche; qu'un étranger fasse ton éloge, et non tes lèvres.
Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you. If someone else praises you, that is okay.
3 La pierre est lourde et le sable est difficile à transporter; la colère de l'insensé est plus pesante que la pierre et le sable.
[It causes pain to our bodies to carry heavy] stones or [a pail full of] sand, but doing something stupid/foolish [can cause] great [pain to other people’s spirits.]
4 Le courroux est sans pitié, la colère pénétrante; mais l'envie ne peut rien supporter.
It is cruel to be angry [with others], and our being angry sometimes destroys [others], but being jealous of someone is [RHQ] often more cruel than that.
5 Mieux vaut le blâme à découvert que des amitiés cachées.
It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person [by not correcting him].
6 Les blessures faites par un ami sont plus dignes de confiance que les baisers d'un ennemi.
If a friend criticizes you, [he is a good friend and] you can trust him; but if one of your enemies kisses you, he is [probably wanting to] deceive you.
7 L'âme dans la satiété ne fait aucun cas d'un rayon de miel; à l'âme affamée tout semble doux, même les choses amères.
When someone’s stomach is full, he does not want to eat honey; but when someone is [very] hungry, he thinks that [even] bitter things taste sweet.
8 L'homme qui s'est expatrié est réduit en esclavage, comme le petit oiseau tombé de son nid.
Anyone who wanders [far] from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
9 Le cœur se réjouit du vin, des parfums et de l'encens; mais l'âme est déchirée par les malheurs.
[Putting olive] oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good, but having a friend [who gives] good advice [is even better].
10 N'abandonne point ton ami ni l'ami de ton père; si tu es en détresse, n'entre point dans la maison de ton frère; mieux vaut un ami auprès de toi qu'un frère qui demeure au loin.
Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends; and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative [who lives far away to request his help]; someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.
11 Sois sage, ô mon fils, afin que ton cœur se réjouisse; éloigne de toi les paroles de blâme.
My child/son, cause me to be happy by becoming wise, in order that I will [know how to] reply to those who would criticize me [about your behavior].
12 L'homme habile, à l'approche d'un malheur, se tient caché; mais les insensés courent au-devant, et en portent la peine.
Those who have good sense will realize that there is something dangerous ahead, and they will hide; those who do not have good sense [just] keep going, and later they will suffer because of [doing] that.
13 Ôte son manteau à quiconque ravage le champ d'autrui; car c'est un méchant qui a passé là.
[You deserve to] have your property taken from you if you [foolishly] promise to a stranger (OR, a strange woman) that you will pay what she owes if she is unable to pay it [DOU].
14 Celui qui bénira son ami à haute voix, dès l'aurore, semblera ne différer en rien de celui qui le maudit.
If you rise early in the morning and call out a greeting to your neighbor [while he is still sleeping], he will consider it to be a curse, [not a blessing].
15 La pluie, en hiver, tombant dans une maison en chasse le maître; il en est de même d'une femme querelleuse dans sa propre maison.
[Having] a wife that is [constantly] nagging is as [bad as listening] to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.
16 L'aquilon est un vent rigoureux, et pourtant il est réputé de bon augure.
[Trying] to restrain/stop her [from doing that] is as [difficult] [SIM] [as trying] to stop the wind or [trying] to hold oil in your hand.
17 Le fer aiguise le fer; ainsi l'ami ranime le visage de son ami.
[We can use one] iron tool to sharpen [another] iron [tool]; similarly [SIM], [when one person shares] what he is thinking, it can help other people [to think more clearly].
18 Qui plante un figuier en mange les fruits; qui barde son maître sera honoré.
Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; [similarly], servants who protect their master will be honored [by him].
19 Les visages ne ressemblent point aux visages; ainsi en est-il des pensées des hommes.
[When a person looks] in the water, he sees his own face; similarly [SIM], [when we look at] a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking.
20 L'enfer et la perdition ne sont jamais rassasiés; de même les yeux des hommes sont insatiables; (Sheol h7585)
[It is as though] the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to [die and] come there; and humans [SYN] are always wanting to acquire more things, [too]. (Sheol h7585)
21 On éprouve par le feu l'or et l'argent; l'épreuve de l'homme est la bouche de ceux qui le louent.
[Workers put] silver and gold in a very hot furnace [to burn out what is impure], and [SIM] people learn [what we are really like when they see how we react when people] praise us.
22 Tu auras beau flageller en pleine assemblée l'imprudent qui se déshonore, tu ne lui ôteras point son imprudence.
Even if you beat/crush a fool severely [like] [MET] you pulverize grain with a pestle, you [probably] will not be able to cause him to stop (being foolish/doing foolish things).
23 Apprends à bien connaître les besoins de tes brebis, et applique ton cœur au soin de tes grands troupeaux.
Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,
24 La force et le pouvoir de l'homme de durent pas des siècles; ils ne passent pas de génération en génération.
because the money [that you acquired from selling animals previously] will not (last/stay with you) forever; similarly [SIM], governments [MTY] certainly do not [RHQ] last forever.
25 Occupe-toi de l'herbe des champs; fauche tes près et recueille du fourrage durant l'été.
After you cut the hay [DOU] and [store it to feed the animals in the winter while] a new crop of hay is growing,
26 Si tu veux avoir des brebis pour te vêtir, cultive tes champs pour avoir des agneaux.
you will be able to [shear the sheep and] make clothes from the wool, and you will get money from selling [some of] the goats to buy [more] land,
27 Mon fils, tu tiens de moi des préceptes sûrs pour ta vie et pour la vie de tes serviteurs.
and you will get enough milk from the [other] goats for you and your family and your female servants.
